ZeniMax Media announces having shipped seven million units of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, saying they expect Bethesda Softworks' RPG sequel to generate more than $450 million in global retail sales. "We are grateful for the fans’ response to Skyrim," said Robert Altman, Chairman and CEO of ZeniMax Media. "Todd Howard and his team at Bethesda Game Studios have crafted a very special game. Anticipation for Skyrim has surpassed any game in our company’s history, and we are pleased that sales and reviews have reflected the quality and hours of amazing gameplay it provides."

It doesn't have much in common with Fallout 3 unless you make a shallow surface comparison to bare mechanics. They are both sandbox games with similar RPG mechanics, that's about it. It's like saying you paid $60 for a GTA TC. The UI isn't good but with some mouse sensitivity fixes I've been able to work with it.

I have never played a game on PC that has had this level of consolitis when it comes to the UI.

Oblivion's UI was an utter trainwreck in most ways too IIRC. Bethesda peaked at UI design with Morrowind and people had complaints about that too. They are not good at designing multiplatform UIs. I tried playing Skyrim with a gamepad before the mouse fixes were known and it's just as cumbersome and annoying IMO so it's not like they're any better off.